The Red Dragon (1946)
- Directed by
- Phil Rosen
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Charlie Chan investigates a case involving a stolen secret formula. He is joined by his number three son Tommy and a nervous new chauffeur named Chattanooga Brown.
lightheartedwhimsicalgentleplayfulnostalgicmysteriouscomedicleisurely
What happens
The Red Dragon is a 1946 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, with Benson Fong as Number Three Son Tommy and Willie Best as Chan's nervous chauffeur. The role of Chan's chauffeur Birmingham Brown was traditionally played by comedian Mantan Moreland, but not in this film. Mantan Moreland and Ben Carter, seen in the previous Chan mystery The Scarlet Clue, became so popular as a comedy team that they embarked on a coast-to-coast personal-appearance tour for eight weeks, which is why Moreland was missing from the next two Chan pictures, The Red Dragon and Dangerous Money. Veteran African-American comic Willie Best substituted for him as Chattanooga Brown, Birmingham's cousin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Black Magic (1944)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.